First Look at Sem 2

It's already the 7th day of the year 2009. The thoughts, the events and the experiences I've been meaning to blog about have begun accumulating. I finally found the time and the will power to sit down and blog in the hope that it would bring about a catharsis. Maybe by the end of the written diarrhea, I'll be able to focus on more important matters, like my awesome 202 readings. =S

So for this semester, I'll be taking up 23 AU's. It's quite heavy but I like the modules I've chosen (whether I'll do well in it remains to be seen) and I feel relatively confident that I will be able to manage it. After all, I did 21 AU's last semester and I was spending 12 hours a week tutoring. Moreover, I still had a social life (I had numerous guilt inducing slacker moments) and my results were decent enough. One whole semester of figuring out how to work with the system should be enough. I have learned my lesson. Or so I hope.

My modules for this semester include:

COM202 : Information Literacy and Interpretation
COM208: Fundamentals of Research
COM 205: Speech and Argumentation
COM223: Publication Design
GV11: Aesthetic and Creative Use of 2D Media
HS207: Understanding Globalization

GV11 was the first lecture I had on Monday. I think it's going to be fun. At least it'll add some color into my otherwise boring core modules. I joined mainly out of interest. I understand that I may lose out because everyone there seems to be the artsy fartsy kind, but what the hell. I'll survive. The ADM building ROCKS.

COM205 was relatively OK. It was not as scary as I anticipated it to be. I do get extremely nervous when I have to say something in public but at least I don't have fainting spells. To be honest, I did not want to go in front and present but in the end I was like, what the hell, and so presented my group's hastily prepared answers with Liz.

COM202: No matter how important I think this module is, I cannot get myself to like it or much less enjoy it. Sigh. I don't like information overload and this module includes sifting through tons of information and analyzing which ones are reliable. I rely on Wikipedia, thank you very much. Facebook and MSN kept me awake at the expense of my concentration. That's why I was so caught off guard when the professor asked " Where's (insert full name)?" I awkwardly raised my hand. I had no idea what was happening. Just a few seconds ago, I was engrossed in a MSN conversation with my childhood best friend whom I haven't talked to for almost half a year. So thank God he only asked me to read a passage out loud and not answer a question regarding his lecture. Saved.

COM208: Content wise, I have a feeling it will drive me crazy. At least the professor is funny. I refuse to say more in case they really DO track blogs. Hahaha.

EDIT (as of 9/01/09): This modules is painful. As in slowly-choked-to-death kind of painful. Even the book looks so blah I'm starting to believe that it is a Dementor in disguise. I need to learn how to summon my Patronus Charm. It'll probably be a hamster. Or a penguin.

I missed the COM223 lecture. HS207 remains to be seen on Friday.

Continued on 09/01/09

HS207: The lecture was tolerable and pretty interesting. People must think I'm nuts to like topics like Globalization. O well. But I'm severely tempted to drop it. Reasons include:
1. Joyce and Sandra dropped the module so I'll be alone (as in no familiar faces) during lecture - not that I can't get to know other people.
2. It's an hour after 208 lecture. There's no one to loiter around with during this time and all I want to do is go home. The idea of ending Fridays at 10 30 sounds heavenly.
3. It's a challenging module. I might not be able to score well.

I just found out COM 223 is S/U-able. So in case I totally suck at it (relative to other more talented people in the same course-and they mostly are), I'll have my fire escape. Such a sissy. Haha.


My Thursdays are off so if I drop HS207, I'll most probably end up skipping 208. Not good. It's a New Year's Resolution to NOT skip lectures. I'm beginning to find this resolution more difficult to keep than my No. 1: Eat Healthy and Lose Weight. -_-. I is torn. Imagine being able to NOT go to school on Thursday, Friday and the Weekend. I don't need to resort to drugs to get a high. Hahaha.

I feel ambivalent about the new semester. This time, as I told Nat, I want to give it my best shot from the start and not play the whole catching up game. I must let Discipline, and not Desperation control me. It's an arduous task for an undisciplined & disorganized slacker like me, but I'll try. This time, I'm going to trust God more, no matter how difficult it is.